# Enterprise deaths in Smolyan

Enterprise deaths in Smolyan was 666 in 2023 (provisional). Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_deaths`
- Place id: `bg-nuts-bg424`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Enterprises that stopped trading during the year and were not reactivated within two years. Enterprises absorbed by a merger or a takeover are not deaths.
- Note: Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). A death is not an insolvency: most enterprises that close do so without a formal insolvency procedure. The latest years are estimated from expected reactivations and are provisional.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/smolyan-bg424
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=enterprise_deaths&place=bg-nuts-bg424

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 666 (provisional) |
| 2022 | 314 (provisional) |
| 2021 | 353 |
| 2020 | 441 |
| 2019 | 484 |